CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Columbia town, Tolland County, Connecticut
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	4,510	100.0	4,971	100.0	461	10.2
In households	4,505	99.9	4,946	99.5	441	9.8
In group quarters	5	0.1	25	0.5	20	400.0
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	1,626	100.0	1,874	100.0	248	15.3
1-person household	221	13.6	323	17.2	102	46.2
2-person household	532	32.7	732	39.1	200	37.6
3-person household	385	23.7	321	17.1	-64	-16.6
4-person household	323	19.9	343	18.3	20	6.2
5-or-more-person household	165	10.1	155	8.3	-10	-6.1
Mean number of persons per household	2.77	(X)	2.64	(X)	-0.13	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	1,626	100.0	1,874	100.0	248	15.3
No vehicle available	27	1.7	40	2.1	13	48.1
1 vehicle available	278	17.1	422	22.5	144	51.8
2 vehicles available	797	49.0	937	50.0	140	17.6
3 vehicles available	400	24.6	347	18.5	-53	-13.2
4 vehicles available	108	6.6	86	4.6	-22	-20.4
5 or more vehicles available	16	1.0	42	2.2	26	162.5
Mean vehicles per household	2.21	(X)	2.09	(X)	-0.12	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	2,521	100.0	2,640	100.0	119	4.7
Male	1,345	53.4	1,380	52.3	35	2.6
Female	1,176	46.6	1,260	47.7	84	7.1
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	2,521	100.0	2,640	100.0	119	4.7
Drove alone	2,043	81.0	2,259	85.6	216	10.6
Carpooled	353	14.0	243	9.2	-110	-31.2
Public transportation (including taxicab)	26	1.0	12	0.5	-14	-53.8
Bicycle or walked	35	1.4	28	1.1	-7	-20.0
Motorcycle or other means	0	0.0	5	0.2	5	0.0
Worked at home	64	2.5	93	3.5	29	45.3
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	2,457	100.0	2,547	100.0	90	3.7
Less than 5 minutes	71	2.9	46	1.8	-25	-35.2
5 to 9 minutes	196	8.0	184	7.2	-12	-6.1
10 to 14 minutes	316	12.9	286	11.2	-30	-9.5
15 to 19 minutes	236	9.6	231	9.1	-5	-2.1
20 to 29 minutes	399	16.2	479	18.8	80	20.1
30 to 44 minutes	673	27.4	774	30.4	101	15.0
45 or more minutes	566	23.0	547	21.5	-19	-3.4
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	27.7	(X)	29.8	(X)	2.1	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	2,457	100.0	2,547	100.0	90	3.7
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	751	30.6	733	28.8	-18	-2.4
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	849	34.6	888	34.9	39	4.6
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	453	18.4	547	21.5	94	20.8
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	99	4.0	104	4.1	5	5.1
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	78	3.2	36	1.4	-42	-53.8
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	210	8.5	229	9.0	19	9.0
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	17	0.7	10	0.4	-7	-41.2
1See the entry for this item in the Technical Notes in the root directory or state subdirectories (filename: tech_notes.txt). (X)Not applicable. Source:U.S. Census Bureau. Census of Population and Housing, 1990 and 2000 long-form (sample) data.

CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 2. Profile of Selected 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Columbia town, Tolland County, Connecticut
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	4,971	100.0
Under 16 years	1,163	23.4
16 to 20 years	254	5.1
21 to 24 years	139	2.8
25 to 44 years	1,496	30.1
45 to 64 years	1,387	27.9
65 years and over	532	10.7
Mean age (years)	37.0	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	1,874	100.0
Less than $15,000	83	4.4
$15,000 to 19,999	60	3.2
$20,000 to 24,999	54	2.9
$25,000 to 49,999	358	19.1
$50,000 to 74,999	461	24.6
$75,000 to 99,999	390	20.8
$100,000 or more	468	25.0
Mean household income (dollars)	78,448	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	70,208	(X)
Household Size by Vehicles Available1
Household Size		Mean vehicles per household	Vehicles available
			Total households	No vehicle	1 vehicle	2 vehicles	3 vehicles	4 or more vehicles
Total households		2.09	1,875	40	420	935	345	130
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	2.1	22.4	49.9	18.4	6.9
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.09	325	30	245	30	15	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	9.2	75.4	9.2	4.6	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	17.3	75.0	58.3	3.2	4.3	0.0
2-person household		2.13	730	10	110	425	165	25
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.4	15.1	58.2	22.6	3.4
	Column percent	(X)	38.9	25.0	26.2	45.5	47.8	19.2
3-person household		2.33	320	0	50	150	90	30
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	15.6	46.9	28.1	9.4
	Column percent	(X)	17.1	0.0	11.9	16.0	26.1	23.1
4-or-more-person household		2.51	500	0	15	330	80	70
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	3.0	66.0	16.0	14.0
	Column percent	(X)	26.7	0.0	3.6	35.3	23.2	53.8
Means of Transportation to Work by Travel Time to Work1
Means of Transportation		Mean travel time to work (minutes)	Travel time to work
			Workers who did not work at home	Less than 10 minutes	10 to 19 minutes	20 to 29 minutes	30 to 44 minutes	45 or more minutes
Workers who did not work at home		29.8	2,545	230	515	480	775	545
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	9.0	20.2	18.9	30.5	21.4
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		28.7	2,260	205	480	455	675	445
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	9.1	21.2	20.1	29.9	19.7
	Column percent	(X)	88.8	89.1	93.2	94.8	87.1	81.7
Carpooled		41.2	245	4	30	25	90	95
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.6	12.2	10.2	36.7	38.8
	Column percent	(X)	9.6	1.7	5.8	5.2	11.6	17.4
Public transportation (including taxicab)		51.7	10	0	0	0	4	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	40.0	40.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.7
Bicycle or walked		4.3	30	20	10	0	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	66.7	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	1.2	8.7	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
Motorcycle or other means		30.0	4	0	0	0	4	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
1See the entry for this item in the Technical Notes in the root directory or state subdirectories (filename: tech_notes.txt). (X)Not applicable. Source:U.S. Census Bureau. Census of Population and Housing, 1990 and 2000 long-form (sample) data.